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Murder investigation Riverside architect's body found in surf Medieval witches also rode high on own drugs SAN DIEGO men are being questioned in the slaying of an architect whose beaten and garroted body was found in a zippered sleeping bag in the surf near San Diego. Police said Jack Burg, 44, was killed sometime Monday by persons who knew him well enough to be admitted'to his apartment in Riverside. Burg's body was identified Thursday by fingerprints. It had been found Wednesday, the same day Burg's secretary, alarmed by his disappearance, went to his apartment and found it splattered with blood. Three San Diego area men were taken into custody Thursday.

They are Richard D. Hodgin, 26, a dental technician stationed at a Navy Hospital here; George Theodore Stone, 27, Oceanside, and Richard Sinclair, 25. Vista. Following their arrest at Hodgin's apartment, the three were turned over to Riverside police. Riverside police captain Irvin Cross said Burg had been volved in a business deal with one of the three men.

and a disagreement had arisen at Burg's apartment. He did not elaborate. Burg was separated from his wife, Laura, and lived alone. The architect's secretary, Elizabeth Zepeda, became alarmed when he failed to show up for work Tuesday or Wednesday. She drove to Riverside and got the landlord to admit her.

Burg recently designed a 160- bed dormitory for Boys Town of the Desert, a Catholic orphanage for teen-age boys near Beaumont. He was to have traveled there Wednesday to inspect the project. The orphanage was in the news recently when its president, the Rev. Robert Nikliborc, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to file income tax returns and was sentenced to two years in prison. Burg's body was clad in shorts and pajama tops when he was found.

Time for reform By MCK WEST By ELDON BARRETT SEATTLE, Wash. (UPD- When a hippie takes a "trip" he: probably is riding the same broomstick a witch mounted in medieval Europe. Dr. Michael J. Harner of Columbia University told delegates to an anthropologists convention in Seattle that some witches apparently believed their nocturnal rides across the face of the moon were the real thing.

And, of course, so did a lot of burghers who also thought it was the Christian thing to do to burn the devil out of those 1 witches. I One thing most witches! seemed to have in common with present-day hippies who freak out on LSD and other hallucinogens was their mode of transportation an animal, a tree limb or a broomstick. Witches didn't have LSD ori other synthetic psychedelic drugs but they had something' just about as crazy a substance described in old manuscripts as "witches' salve." Apparently the reason witches were always depicted as stirring bubbling cauldrons was because they were occupied concocting this mysterious lotion from such plants as belladonna, thorn apple and henbane. These spices of flora are known to contain a ous crystalline alkaloid called atropine, and they grew commonly in Europe. Such delicacies as eye of newt and toes of toad seemed to have been more seasoning for the pot.

Medieval literature tells how witches' salve was rubbed into the skin in preparation for a midnight ride on a broomstick. Atropine today is extracted from various plants of the nightshade family for phar- Redlands Daily Facts Friday, December 13, maceutical preparations. It is used in surgery, for instance, to dry up saliva and other body fluids. It also prevents sweating. Atropine is extremely poisonous.

There are many recorded instances of children dying because they ate the attractive purple berries of the nightshade pU.nl which can be found growing wild in all parts of the United States, often in a backyard garden plot. Harner theorizes that not only witches but also werewolves were drug users. He said found an ancient Roman document describing the physical condition of a "human werewolf' and the symptoms were "strikingly similar" to those of modern atropine users. Perhaps there was atropine or something similar in the potion Dr. Jekyll drank to begat Mr.

Hyde. SELL IT TOMORROW With low-cost Classified Ads WASHINGTON (UPI)-Advo-: cates of congressional reform! contend that the national! legislature is loo wrapped up in, tradition and nostalgia to respond to the needs of our times. As to whether this criticism is valid in a general sense, 1 am not prepared to say. But it does seem true insofar as congressional salaries are concerned. Even us confused laymen can recognize that congressional salaries have not kept pace.

We see senators and representatives struggling along on $30,000 a year and our concept of justice and fair play is affronted. Since 1965, however, our lawgivers have consistently failed to raise their own pay. All the while pouring billions of dollars into less deserving enterprises. Perhaps realizing that the antiquated parliamentary machinery under which it operates was incapable of dealing with the problem. Congress finally passed the buck to a commis -j sion.

i The commission has now passed. back an extra 20.000 bucks, recommending that salaries in the legislative branch be increased from to annually. Which proves that when you cast your bread upon a commission you are likely to get an entire bakery in But already there is a move I afoot to undermine the commis-l sion's proposal. One House member called it "outrageous" and another has predicted it I will be blocked unless the pay! boost is trimmed by S10.000 or more. Obviously this is one of those! situations where strong public! pressure must be exerted toj i overcome congressional reluctance.

The most effective measure probably would be an organized campaign of telegrams, cards and letters urging the lawgivers to let the commission's plan take effect In an effort to get the campaign rolling, I have prepared I a form telegram that concerned I citizens may send to their sen-1 ators and representatives: "Demand you stop pussyfoot- 1 ing around on pay scale and I accept salary commensurate! with your duties and responsibilities. Whole country sick and tired of delays, postponements, in action by Congress regarding this vital matter. "Either take what's coming to you paywise or at next election voters will find someone who will." I am confident that once the congressmen find out how their constituents really feel about the issue, the will of the people shall prevail. Thailand fears it may drawn into peace talks By PHIL NEWSOM A country with as little faith as any in the outcome of Paris peace talks over Vietnam is Thailand. The Thais, like many high- echelon South Vietnamese, fear a U.S.

sell-out in Vietnam and fear that if the Communists succeed in taking over Vietnam, their country will be next. Meanwhile, Thailand's com mitment in South Vietnam is total. Its army and naval forces fight in South Vietnam alongside the United States. U.S. fighter-bombers take off from Thai bases to attack North Vietnam transports along the Kc Chi Minh Trail in Laos, and, before the bombing halt, against North Vietnam itself.

Which is by way of pointing up the complexities facing U.S. negotiators in Paris, if or when the b2lks get going. These are not the peace talks Who Has a DECEMBER 14 Paul Gerrard Eugene Miller Jr. Ted Young Jr. Ted Peterson Tom Spencer Richard Viziolini Eugene E.

Hatfield David G. Bryan Jack Neblett Steven Naylor Robert Russell Thomas Burgess James L. Turner Stanley Owens C. A. Evans Quint Nicola Kelly Norsworthy William Werner Bob Kiger Chris Munoz H.

E. Foot Jon Mitchell Happy Birthday from II E. Stata Hi. 7W-HM i which concluded the armistice in Korea 15 years ago. Those talks dealt specifically with Korea and with the North Koreans and Red Chinese.

In Paris, the negotiators mustl consider not only Vietnam but I Laos and Thailand as well. I Eventually they must have a I voice. In the military Vietnam, Laos and Thailand I 'always have been considered! one war theater. In Vietnam, the North Vietnamese openly support the Vict Cong but deny participation in tile South by their own troops. In Laos, it is the Pathet Lao, again with denial that some 40,000 NVN troops are in Laos in violation of Laotian neutrality.

And in Thailand, it is Patriotic Front i is supported by North separated at one point from I Thailand by only 55 miles. Giving point to Thailand fears, a recent report of thej Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza-j tion (SEATO) listed five Southeast Asia nations suffering froml increased Communist insurgen-r cy. They were Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Burma. The Thais are firm believers the domino theory and are i convinced that within moments oi a Communist takeover in Vietnam they would become the next target. Laos, tbey believe, would fall as a straw house in a windstorm.

Currently in Thailand, Com-I munist insurgents are listed at about 5,000 activists, with many more thousands of supporters. Assassinations of administrators, police or police informers run at about one a day. The two main areas of subversion are the long-neglected northeast where the population is more Lao than Thai, and in the south on the border with Malaysia which finds support i among ethnic Chinese and Moslem Thais. The Thais are not perfect andl have dragged their feet onl needed reforms. But in in the last four years, the United States has built up nearly a $400 million stake support of the effort in BRAND NEW 1 Camaro Sport Coupo 155 HP ENGINE 327 V-8 ENGINE RALLY SPORT 3-speed transmission, bucket seats and console push-button radio, style trim group, wide oval white walls plus other accessories.

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